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ARG LABOR DERAILEDP MERSON *an Who Murdered crsons OUE N0@« > CGneral "ug USCees be 1 Mrs Dowg it i t i ind "When did you bear last?" she said, ~Ob, calyâ€"but what right have you "and what! You know we were such cld | to ask such a qQUESLION! | sue Ivivileu friends, your brother and I, Sir Jordan. | with an affectation of resentment. y We used to play together when we were | _ "The right that the faet of my loving little children, and even after he came you gives me, Miss Hopeâ€"â€"â€"" home from Eton, andâ€"andâ€"I ean never the made as if to draw her arm away, think of the Grange"â€"this was the name ; bu be held ic firmly. of the great country house which beâ€" | "! thought you promised that you longed to this lucky young womanâ€" | would not talk to me in that way "without thinking of Neville." | again®" she said, reproachfully. Her eyes grew meditative and wistful, "I did," he assented, "but when you as if she were sceing. in her mind‘s eye, | ask me a direct question I am compelled a vision of the old orchard beyond the | to give you a direet and truthful anâ€" house in which she and young dareâ€"devil | swer." : Neville Lynne used to play. Even then ‘‘That‘s nothing to do with it; '_h‘,.l\ he was always getting into serapes, and | no reason at _all," she retorted, with true 1t was she who not infrequently got fjeminine logic. "But how you do hate him out of them, begged him off pun« poor Sir Jordan." Pipoematianb en ramihals â€"ivircsisndmias s this 4 UA L415 _ "Have you heard anything ofâ€"of Nevâ€" | ed them, a tall, dartâ€"haired you}r‘l‘; man, ille, Sir Jordan?"" and as she put the I with a handsome face and rather grave question her eyes drooped and the rich | and serious eyes. eolor came into her face, making it look | _ "Oh, Lord Lorrimore!" she exclaimed. lovelier than ever. | "Have you seen Lady Marlow lately ?" Nir Jordan shook his bead and sigised. ‘ "I have just been sent in search of "I‘m sorry to say that I have not," you by her," he‘ replied. lately," he replied, in a sad and regretful Ard he held out his arm, nodding tone, just the tone an affectionate, longâ€" | rather coldiy to Sir Jordan. sufiering man who had been sorely tried | _ Audrey Hope took the proffered arm, by a mwrace brother would use. ! anu the two walked away. The color died slowly away from Audâ€" | about?" asked Lord Lorrimore, looking rey Hope‘s cheeks and she stifled a sigh | down at her with his dark, serious â€"â€"a genuine one. eves. _ He talked about the weather and the persons who passed them, a great real about her life on the continent. and a little, a very little, about himself. Sir Jordan was one of those clever persons who do not talk about themselves. But all the while Audrey seemed to be listening absentâ€"mindedly and quite sudâ€" denly she said: But Sir Jordan was perfectly indifferâ€" ent to the murmurs and complaints . of the envious and sat beside the rich anid lovely Miss Hope with his usual selfâ€" possession and sangâ€"froid. _"That fellow Jordan seems to have it all his own way," avuttered a young guardeman to a chum. "Richest beggar in the room and all.that, he might leave the Hope alone and give us poor devils a ly breast Sir Jordan offered ker his arm after a minute or two, and she accepted it and allowed hini to lead her out of the crowd to a seat in a recess, thereby cansing vast discontent and envy in many a manâ€" 2 o _AE The others fell back to allow the two }‘:.t;lk. for Sir Jordan and beantiful Auâ€" were old friendsâ€"or ought to hamn, for the estate which Afxd- rey had inherited adjoined the Lynne property, and the Lynnes and the Hopes [.d been neighbors for generations. "Oh, yes," she said, and she began to tell him of her travels, but somehow, some of the brightness had gone out of her voice, and she looked down at â€" the ground rather than at his face. would be too busy." ® "The House rose earlier than pected," he said. "Have you enjo trip ?" Do CC Aamome ICC We moment suddenly grave, and one would have been inclined to say almost sad. But it was only for a moment; the next she seemed to have recovered from the tem ry restraint and held out â€" her hn:ot': him with a nod. "How do you do, Sir Jordan ?" ahe said. as he bent over her hand. "I did not exâ€" pect to see you here! I thought _ you ukh Ks sE o i since hber return. She was chatting away Nrit' Mont Blane and Rom of to the admiri cou Jordan came up -1':'! his and his serenely anmn..1 She was boautilully dreased with a simplicity which spok thi-g but mn{, and her e bright with the pleasure of se many friends round har. L. owner of ; tion in Ja D('\'(mshin' WBE am . _ _y__ " "TH& best lot;" for she was an orrh.. and under the care of Lord and ady Marlow, who were her guardians, Before she had got many yards she was surrounded not only by men but by women, for Audrey was popular _ with both sexes, and there were some who would have loved her Just as dearly if she had been penmniless, instead of ‘the OWnae af .2 ___ & 7 He stopned 1.... V * J°U"K Firl entered. :.0 stopped, drew back a little and wait She was a v tty girlâ€"tall, fair, with dark h'-lv .)’:. irs;t and brimâ€" ming with merriment one moment, soft and melting the next. Her name was An drey Hope; she was eighteen, just out, an heiress, and, as the irreverent said. Lady Marlow‘s "last and best lot;" for she was an orrbu and under the care of Laml s«z Â¥ C THE: longing Jordan ang «; 100¢4 and smiled at | ishment, or out of her own Bir Jordan and fixed him for a moment | paid, on the sly, for son with her ::‘M- sharp eyes, | had ‘done. Very of you to come," she said, ) ."It jg very natural tha ht ,;“':“Jh‘: mhroive the â€" next | remember him," murmure r‘* ou have an exci ight, thotLanÂ¥ie © @Â¥R 22oo3 _..,'» and your fams i. -:xx-a}{“ nig | sympa L ,3 _ _ j T0G frome and the rest to the admiring court when â€" Sip i came up vix his bland smile is serenely eomposed face, and she d suddenly, the brightness _ fled her eves and mhe hoi..... z_ 1iPG money in t Jamaica and THE USURPER n the eoniine-r;t- ;o: this was her first sores, ringworm, piles, bad legs, poisoned wounds and all skin diseases. Audnx'd-“’l-..I-I“MIWhiCouTouu;: ZAMâ€"BUK SAVED THIS MaAN _and a good estate in’ tifully dressed, and yet { which spoke of anyâ€" | _ , and her eyes were | hi pleasure of seeing _ so | I mind her; for she had | he and Rome and , °0 PCCAF _ wilh| _ PNe sighed as she thought that Amerâ€" re were some who | ica was rather a vague address, er just as dearly if "I suppose he doesn‘t know of his ess, instead of "the | father‘s death?" she said, after a moâ€" the funds, a plantaâ€" | ment or two. d a good estate in | "No, I think not," said Jardan,. _ 1 "Orâ€"or thatâ€"â€"â€""* ly dressed, and yet Khe hesitated. hich spoke of anyâ€" | _ "Or that my father did not mention ind her eyes were | him in his will," said Jordan. "No, and aure of seeing _ so }l particularly wish that he should not her; for she had | bear of it excepting through me," beâ€" CORKINeNE Lfi‘ ssm P mavas a» you enjoyed your , and one would say almost sad. about Hom " Tor some first part y det ind | ig | A\t this moment a gentleman approachâ€" el them, a tall, darkâ€"haired young man, with a handsome face and rather grave and serious eyes. "Oh, Lord Lorrimore!" she exclaimed. "Have you seen Lady Marlow lately ?" "I have just been sent in search of conversaation, "I must go to ;kr(;;: L (l) Murlow," she said. "She is tired out, L kukow, andâ€"â€"â€"* use C700A rtviith tntiratiai . sympathetic enough while they had been tairmg about his scoundrel ‘of a halfâ€" brether, Nevilie; but now she seemed as it she had lost wli interest in i eir "Yes," she assented, but without a purticie of warmth, or more than the expression of pleasure which ordinary politeness demanded, and Sir Jordan‘s tips tightened. She had been warm and ols se i w8 I h "I shall be at Lynne, too; down directly the House rises "So that we shall be near mhall we not?" glancine cil "Yes," she replied. "L Marlow are coming down spena Christmas." _i suppose you will be i down | "Oh, don‘t pity him. Pity me!" exâ€" to the‘ Grange presently'."‘gm:eg saiq, | Claimed Audrey, with a pout. ‘How would charging the subject. | you like to be bathered by a man who ‘"Yes," she replied. "Lord and Lady: WO"‘¢ take ‘no‘t" RuZcl . 1 â€" jmoment‘s peuce â€"c;r | found him." : Audrey Hope‘s | voice. "But it is only what one might expect you to do, after all. You could notâ€"â€"no one couldâ€"be at ease and conâ€" tented while his brother was penniless." "No, no, of course not," assented Sir «Jordan, promptly, but with his eyes hidâ€" den behind the thick, white fide. ‘*"I have advertised, am advertising _ conâ€" stantly for him, and am in hopes that 1 shall bear tidings of him soon,." "Oh, I hope so," said Audrey ferâ€" vently. "It is dreadful to think that a person oneâ€"oue liked so much, is wane dering about the world perhaps in poyâ€" wubue mu $ « T i:ht-w::opp& again. sympathetically, "and eat y Audrey Hope‘s lips quivered and those beautiful brown eyes of hers grew soft and tender. "Thut is very vary mnmt mag 21d 000 cason at all," she retorted, with true nine logic. "But how you do hate Sir Jordan." | he said. "We will say that he l;nc;;t;t | into one of his usual scrapes, and he | had left the place suddenly just before I "In America," replied Sit out a moment‘s hesitation She sighed as she thoug ica was rather a vague a. wiv 1 ' E w e ams got tidings of him; but for that I should have found him." "Where was that?" asked Audrey, . "In America," replied Sir Jordan, withâ€" muul w e c un 1 F ' Sir Jordan saw ther too far, She stopped and ashamed of the veh hurried into. | send you word." _ _ Do, please!" she exclaimed 1 suppose you will be 9 She glanced at him with barel cealed alarm. "Why do you say that?" she "Was it bad news you heard last "I‘m sorry to say that it was," plied, gravely, and with a regr sad and sympathetic voice. "Po ville has been disgracing â€" hims usualâ€"â€"* The blood flew to her face again "Disgracing himselfâ€"Neville!" s terrupted. "I don‘t believe itâ€"I Y es ABat is ve you, Sir J F is very. very good and generous Sir Jordan!" she said, in a low But it is only what one might VcP Teep Teamayh 4 T 2. 1 Vy the House rises," he said. we shall be near neighbore, not?" glancing sideways at very natural that you should Â¥, "and directly I hear . murmured _ Sir Jordan ed and bit her lips as if the vehemence she had been ynne, too; I shall go Iy..._ 3.# B 8 that he had gone ra _ _ O 200 CCC WCeRs FOngCr. â€" Fie then ested ug; a friend advised me to try some Zamâ€"Buk vzich I _ Next morning the wound began to bleed. _ It was a ‘ and mail to < . omm Zamâ€"Buk Co., KeonCrta > > and \5 u a sample box 4 ms13z {iâ€"aallle‘ wa pocketâ€"money some damage he d and Lady with me to THE GBEAT sajeâ€"coms. The fact that he was over thirty and Audrey only nineteen did not frighten him in the leasi. Nor did the other unâ€" deniable fact that Audrey repelled his ekiful advances discourage him. Years ago, when a tall, gawky youth, he had looked at Audrey and Nevilie play ing together he had made up his mind that she should be his, Jordan‘s wife, and not Neville‘s, and it was that determination which, joined with other reasons, bad pmn:lfied him to raise a quarrel between Nevi and his father and cause the latter‘s disinheritance. Neville had disappesred as completely as if he were dead, but Jordan did not «eem to make much progress with Audâ€" rey. Whenever he got into conversation with ber, it was@r Neville she wanted to | _ "Yes, because I interd doing so," | _ dordan Lynne intended marrying Audâ€" | rey Hope. Not becaus« he loved her, for though be admirea nerâ€"and he would have been as insensible as a block of wood if he had not â€"he certainly did not | love her. | _ There was only one individual in the | world Sir Jordan loved, and that was |Jorda.n Lynne, and he loved him with | such an intense and absorbing love as to | leave no room for caring for any one Dicvent leave no room for caring for any else. Audrey was not only the most tiful girl he knew, but one of the est, and it was because she was ricl the Grange estate ran parallel Lynne, that he had decided to 1 L. her | _ Sir Jordan remained for some _ few | minutes where Lord Lorrimore and Audâ€" |rey had left him, apparently regarding the crowd with a pleasant and amiably interested attention, but in reality 'scarm-ly conscious of their presence, so | intent was he on his thoughts. |__ When asked whether he thought he should win a certain battle Napoleon reâ€" plied: "If 1 were in ; should like Jt ve frank lady. "Espe Lord Lorrimore." He smiled for about the first time, held Audrey‘s hand for a moemnt, and then took himself off. "Poor â€" Lord Lorrimore!" said â€"Tadv "And so here‘s Lady Marlow, and you may go," interrupted Audrey, half eauâ€" cily, half sadly, for she was touched by her lover‘s persistent dogâ€"like devotion. "All right," he said, not a whit offendâ€" led. "Goodâ€"night. Goodâ€"night, Lady Marâ€" a w." Lady Marlow laugher an she gave him ber hand. "She‘s a tiresome, wicked girl, isn‘t she, Lord Lorrimore?" she said. She knew the whole state of the case between the two. * â€" l oor Marlow. NP unB tats uh uts ds o 12c Won‘t you try, Lord Lorrimore ?" "I think not," he said. "It would be a waste of time, and it‘s wicked to waste time, so the parsons say. You‘re just the best and sweetest and most beautiful woâ€" man in my eyes that ever lived or will live, and nothing will persuade me that you are anything else. and soâ€"â€"* "Amd I do try, gooaness knows!" she exclaimed, "but that‘s the worst of it. If you would only consent to be offendâ€" ed, I should get rid of you, but you won‘t will you? Woudn‘t you try just to please me?" And she looked up into his face csoaxingly. "If you‘d only believe, what is true, that I‘m the most disagreeable and undesirable of girls; that I‘m really "We hbave not quarreled," gravely. "You couldn‘t quarrel if you tried." "I dare say; but it‘s good sense. You won‘t marry a man you don‘t love. You promised me thatâ€"â€"" b "Ob, if you are going t6 rake up all the old things I promised," she retorted with a laugh, "But there, don‘t you think we‘ve quarrel enough for one night, Lord Lorrimore ?" ed "Oh, indeed! And why not?! He is young and rich, and will be famous, Is so already, isn‘t het" "He is young, yes, and rich, and famâ€" ous," said Lord Lorrimore; "but I don‘t think you would marry a man for beâ€" ing thatâ€"or those." "Andâ€"and perhaps Sir Jordan conâ€" giders himself the right man, orâ€"or any one else," she said mischievously. He looked down at her. "No," he said as if he were considerâ€" ing the man quite impartially and judiâ€" elally. "No, I don‘t think you would be so foolish as to marry Sir Jordan." "I{ you marry the right man, yes," assented. "But you see, I consider self the right manâ€"â€"â€"* ‘"Then the best thingâ€"in only thingâ€"I can do is to ried !" She looked up into his handsome, ous face and laughed. "Exactly. Therefore it can‘t very much affect you. As to your loving me, I‘m quite aware you don‘t, but that is not to say that you never will." "And you mean toâ€"toâ€"â€"â€"" "Just so. 1 mean to go on trying to win your love till I‘m dead, or you are engaged, or married," he said, quite eoolly. "That‘s pretty grammer," she remark "! do hate ‘poor Sir Jordan very much," be said grimly; "but I hate still more to see you talking to him." "And pray what business is it of vours whom I talk with?" she eaid, poutâ€" ing. â€" "Thereâ€"I‘ve given you another upportunity; but I won‘t listen to you! Lord Lorrimore, if 1 were a man I should be ashamed to go onâ€"onâ€"pestering a poor, helpless girl after she had told me chat she didn‘tâ€"care for me." "I beg your pardon," he said, still unâ€" ruffled. "I haven‘t pestered you. Tell mngeyou that 1 love you isn‘t pestering you, it isn‘t even news to Â¥0Wâ€"â€"â€"_" _ "No, indeed! Or very stale news," she retorted. wor, helpless hat she didn "I beg vour imaesirable of girls; that I‘m really worth thinking about, then, oh, we should be such good iriends. t you try, Lord Lorrimore?" were in your ¢ in your piace, my dear, 1 Jt very much," replied that "Especially if the man â€"were FINGE R! CHAPTER vII only the most beau one of the rich e was rich, and parallel â€" with said Tady in fact, the to get marâ€" marry he said, with me And even they have feeble 'p{);;r.m“ They come out right in half an hour | Of course the vi‘‘ain does not fare So well. But who for him would care? ‘ He onl,y serves to emphasize noundoplmdm-ymnh“ out of order, Sounderâ€"What makes you think sof Rounderâ€"I was worrying about my debts this marnin= That virtue draws the certain priz That the deserving wins the wife, Ah, would that it were so in life! The bill collectors never knock To give the timid ones a shock. The only troubles on the mat Pertain to love' and things like that No one is bothered in the play About a small thing like his pay One always has a roil of bills That easily a pocket fills, And if he ever should run shy A eheque book brings a new su There everything is life and light, The men are bold, the girls are bright, Things for an act or two go wrong, But in the end right comes out strong, The hero always wins the bride, With mirth and music on his side. How fine our life would run along, Just like the music in a song Or like a train of Pullman cars, iWth ouly soft and pleasant jars, if things could happen every day The way they work out in a play! I When baby is teething the whole | household is upset. The tender little guius are inflamed and swollen; the poor little child suffers and often cries day and night, wearing the mother out and keeping the rest of the family on edge. In the homes where Baby‘s Own Tablets are used there is no such worry. The Tablets allay the inflammation, sooth the irritation and bring _ the _ teeth through painlessly. Mrs. S. Williams, St. Joseph, Ont., says: "My first baby sufâ€" fered terribly when cutting her teeth and the doctor could do nothing for her. I got a box of Baby‘s Own Tablets and they did her so much good that I canâ€" not say enough in their favor. You may be sure that I always keep the Tablets in the house now." Sold by all â€"medicine dealers or by mail at 25¢ per box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockâ€" ville, Ont. he BABY‘S TEETHING TIME IS TROUBLOUS TIME C o geies Awono e e y .Cm Hoendy TB the same low, despairing voice. "Truly the cruelest letter a man ever wrote to the woman he once loved! Jordan, have youâ€"have you forgotten all that you promised meâ€"your solemn promise? It is not so long agoâ€"not so long! @Â¥ou cannot mean what you said in that letter. You cannot have the heartâ€"even youâ€"to treat me so cruelly!" (Ta pe continued.) "Thisâ€"this is absurd andâ€"and childish of you, Rachel." he said at last. "You got my letter?" Sir Jordan glanced up and down the street apprehensively, and smothered an oath between his thin (Jips. She stopped, and pfi}.wfier”h“;nd to her throat as if the agitation caused by the sight of him were overpowering her. e .t ons & 2 © i "You ask me that!" she replied, her dark eyes fixed on his face. "How did I come? By foot! I have walked all those weary miles, but you do not care how I came. Why have you made it necessary for me to come? Whyâ€"*" enc. 12073 .m & L . "Jordan!" she said, in a low, sad voice. Sir Jordan Lynne drew his arm away, and looked at her under his lowered lids with the expression which the one who has injured always bears toward the one tpon whom the injury has been inflicted. "Rachel! What are you doing hereâ€" how did you come?" he asked, his volce growing harsher with each word: and he looked about him as if he feared they should be seen. ’ So deep, indeed, that he did not hear light footsteps behind him, or know that be was followed until he felt a hand touch his arm. He started and turned, then fell back a step, staring at the pale face of the woman who had stopped him. It was a sad as well as a pale face. with hollow eves that spoke of pain and misery, and lips that had grown wan and tremulous with sorrow and trouble, and yet, alas! it was the face of a woâ€" man who was still young and had once, and not long since been beautiful. She was poorly dressed, but decently, and the worn black shawl was held by one thin hand as if to partly conceal her} face. Most men would have iit a cigar, but Jordan did not asmoke, and, as has been said, had no small vices, and so, with his hands folded behind him, he walked slowly along, looking at the pavement inâ€" stead of the sky, and his head bent as usual in deep thought. 7 _ is CIve DgE Neville, Jordn': inlte:d of being discouraged, was more deterâ€" mined than ever to have his way, He knew that Lord Lorrimore â€"loved her, and though she had refused him, her; but Jordan did not care for that; ever so many men loved her and wanted to marry her, and there is safely â€" in numbers. talk, and insisted upon talking, as she had done this evnl&, and tfiugh her persistence in refusing to forget _ the seapegrace made Jordan hate his brother worse than ever, he never allowed any signs of his fraternal feelings to reveal themselves. Now, seeing that he Was possesse) of immense wealth, it was rather surprising that he shouid be so desirous of acquirâ€" ing more by marrying Andrey Hope, the heiress; but Jordan had his own reasons for being particularly | anxions in â€" the matter, and that evening, notwithstand â€" ing Audrey‘s absence and preocepuation of mind, when they were taiking of anyâ€" thing else but Neville. Jordan" Lss." 4 SOMETHING UNUSUAL T On the Stage. t your letter," she said, in ‘gO 1 NC at new supply, "mMng, notwithstandâ€" ‘e and preocepuation were taiking of anyâ€" sn . & â€" and the sand box was a covering of brass and the cylinders and steam chests were enclosed with the same metal, Strips of brass were laid along the edge of the running boards and the hand rails were of brass piping, with large bells of eo e ooA en Just as much expense was incurred to make the outside of the engine attracâ€" tive. First, the frame was made of plancu steel, highly polished. The drivâ€" ers were all painted red, with a tiny black stripe. From the cab to the sand box everyâ€" thing was covered with brass, even the {'::'ket of the boiler, while from the sand x to the stack the boiler was covered‘ with Russian ijron. Around the dome These engines, which were monsters for those days, had driving wheels 5 feet 9 inches in diameter and cost about $35,â€" 000 each. The cab was made of solid walnut. Inside the roof of the cab was composed of narrow alternate strips of makogany and walnut. The side winâ€" dows were made of stained glass. No one but a ccrtain specified engiâ€" neer was allowed to rum one of these engines under any circumstances, and when it became necessary to place the engine in the shop for a thorough overâ€" hauling the engineer quit work until the machinists had got through. Perhaps the best examples of all dandy engines were two bought by the New Haven roaq in the ‘0Os. 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Do not make the mistake of thinking that these are diseases in them. selves, and be satisfied with relief for the time being. Take Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills When the First Symptoms Are Noticed and Save Yourself NMuch LOCOMOTIVES OLD AND NEW TO PREVENT A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN re serious, and there was breakdown of the nerves, followed by partial paralyâ€" face, one side being comâ€" shape. I was under Their Tondon Opinion. "But, doctor," he protested, "I haven‘t lost an ounce. ‘The bill is too big." "The bill," the doctor informed him curtly. "is part of the treatment."â€" TLE Prctins c After taking the antifat treatment for a week, an obese person received a bill. A potato I would wish to be On one day of the year, And if you like I‘ll tell you For you must think it an» *Twould be on per‘s The farmer, noting the Indian‘s axe AÂ¥ handle broken and the blade dull, gave ““'jl\:l him & new handle and sharponed the "Ma tool, the Indian turuing the grindstone. id. % The red man still hung around. _ The â€" s ”“l "farmer" was a little annoyed, and called | ""4 © to an interpreter. "Ask the old fellow . ie ‘;‘." what bhe wants now," he directed. ho Ait After an exchange of grunts and e } tures the interpreter announced, % ; wants 25 cents.‘ 1 ©*I he "Twentyâ€"five cents! What for?" | "who «c "For turning the grindstone."â€"Harâ€" | small : 777C DNK man said every year his bank pays out about $3,000 in gold in the day or two immediately preceding the holiday. Most of this money is pvâ€" en within the family dircle, and the rule is that the members of the family soon come back to the bank with the ident!â€" cal gold pieces to be credited to their respective account«.â€"Boston Herald No matter what my size, could see everything there I‘d have so many eyes. "‘Nine out of every ten persons in that line are here to get gold pieces to use as Christmas presents," said a sayâ€" ings bank man, pointing to a long line in front of the paying teller‘s window , ""And the funny part of it is," he added, "about threeâ€"quarters of the gold . we give them will be back here in this bank inside of two weeks." Standing in his usual position, when firing, with one foot toward the footâ€" board of the tender, the other near the furnace door, he presses his left fooi u}xm a rednl as he brings the shovelful of coai forward and the compressed air opins the door. As soon as the shovelâ€" ful has been sent into the fire the fire man raises his foot and the door closes again, matic door opener. Opening the furnace door is done very many times in the course of a long trip, and so a good Samaritan by the use of compressed air has evolved ‘a scheme by which a fire man can open the door with little or no effort. And the fireman has ten in this march of in «automatic stoker bas l his benefit, but not mar operation. ONTARIO cab, the old t.i;\ejojl;(iâ€"neâ€"e;r(m“l;y.m had to tug away for dear life to get the engine in the back motion. a little wheel which controls an autoâ€" matic feed and then can forget all about the sand. Reverse bars have been arranged to work with steam, but somehow or other they have never met with favor, alâ€" thougn reversing on some of the old engines was a most laborious task. Brasâ€" in{ tl:c !c:et against a support in the There is also an automatic sander. . »= Instead of the laborious and slow method | * of drawing the sand lever back and forth | \* to bring a flow of jgsand in front of the | »=! 5liÂ¥ring drivers, the engineer has to turn | _ | & little wheel which anntrals an aniac | N An automatic bell ringer is one of theso. Nowadays compressed air rings the bell. Whenever the engineer desires to ring the bell he simply turns on the air. Numerous devices have been added to the locomotive until now an engineer of the old regime would be at a loss for a time if he were put in charge of an upâ€" toâ€"date engine. The t.hrotgz and the reverse bar are the same, but there are many little things that go toward makâ€" ing the duties of thee ngineer lighte». For instance, before the injector was invented water was forced into the boilâ€" er by means of a pump. When the inâ€" jector made its appearance many enâ€" gineers had little faith in it and refused to have the new {fangled thing put on their engines, Now the same engineers wonder how they ever got along without the injector. When an engine wen for repair the machine the control of the engin improvement or alterati unless he desired it. ly to see that the repairs werer;roperly exccuted. Often an engineer would spend hours of his own time to get his machine into the very best condition. Under thempresent system the engineer gets away as soon as possible and doesâ€" n‘t show up again until ready to take out his run once more. 11 any repairs were needed he did not consider that his duty had been fulfilled wher a report had been turned in. He made it his particular business personalâ€" ly to see that the repairs were properly me massd s 3 es _ T. I L (320000 L0E N22 ©20 OVCrans, turn over the engine to a hostler, wash his hands at the tender cock and step off rmt at the station, his work done until reâ€" turn trip. Holiday Coins Ritum In those days the incer wa aristocrat among nflnfi:nn As as he reached the end of his m would take off his overalls, turn _ The engineer of No. 34, Maynard Smith, always wore white duck, as indeed did many of the other old time engi r8, and he was very exacting. \:m“he cliinbed into the cab of his engine just before starting on a trip he would take out his white handkerchief and wipe the different brass fittings in the cab to see if all had been properly cleaned. | Many of the engines in use in the earâ€" | ly days were named instead of being | numbered. On the New Haven and Hart_ | ford road, which connected the two eitâ€" | ies before the consolidation, the engines | bore such names as Andromeda, Venus, , Orient and Adonis. Some engines had | landscapes painted on the sides of the | cab. On the side of the headlight of No. 28, whose engineer was Edward Chatterton, was painted the United States coat of arms, while the tender of No. 3; had the same device on the side. The tonder was painted black and enamelled, while all J: striping was made with gold leaf. hnd csct M 5.. goid leaf, A Circus Wish atest boon has been the auto Worry Method. Wanted Pay. man said every year march _o! un pmvem;;(; r. As soon as the shovelâ€" sent into the fire the fireâ€" s foot and the door closes the machine was still under of the_ engineer. No addition, engine went into the shops er bhas been invented for not many of these are in qlterition could be made or something made with que ARCHIVES not been forgot whv to men. As soon a use was the Railway shppose | we ing ? Investorâ€"What‘s your idea in wantâ€" ing to buy that trolley line? It doesn‘t eompete with our system, It‘s merely a feeder, Us. 1 maw mornine! "What was "Ma‘s house ed supper in hold of a dish it was jelly, a to him at all asped Jenks _ (bre dangbter? Turnbull ( Turnbul!â€"They have a big dinner party at Blongue‘s toâ€"night to «ignalize the enguge~ mentâ€" Lines | _ airs, CUrimsonbecakâ€"I see by the paper ‘thln, in the Britis) museum there is a ! huge rope of hair weighing nearly two | tons. | _ Mr. Crimsonbeakâ€"â€" These â€" American Baconâ€"1 see covered that i you must drin} Egbert â€"Well, wouldn‘t it }â€"Â¥ nade o wer Periinent Question. "What I am after," declared the party candidate, "is not so much as effects." "Whose effect«?" shouted a n tize women travelling aren‘t they *â€" Yo f, McGoozle alw old aequaintar prying i "I‘ve just been to see the Garlicks," said Mrs. Lapsling, laying aside _ her wraps. "They‘re :lf well except Mr. Garâ€" lick. He‘s got an awfully bad knee, As near as 1 can make out from what the ‘ doctor says the poor man is threatened | with diagnosis of tite bone." boys who school * No ansier ue ause Wifeâ€"Fauny has given notice. Husbandâ€"Why ? Wifeâ€"Bhe says you spoke in a brutal manner to her on the telephone yesterâ€" d;l_\'. nother Convulision Coming Customenâ€"1 went a parrot to talk not to talk back. It NO The Purist at Large. "I suppose I really ought to wear glasses, My eyesight is very poor," "Your ear hearing is all right, though, isn‘t it?" ite 4 an‘t alk. norst‘s wq sterday. so Nellâ€"J3 indard First Guestâ€"Who is cant looking little man s door? Necond Guert is, but i know hostess‘ husbas Husband eaking t HARD TO PIND. DaEâ€"Why not take this parrot 1. pAsstonal U« t Relationship in South Dakota she the ubs «e wenng L fl;"\"i@;;' JS What Hurts to call on a #in M A Terrible Mishap ful accident happer A JOYOoUs OCCcasrON want to do Magnateâ€"Well The Stvies Toâ€"day auUst anc ed the wise Dick, "especiâ€" she has to say is a very Washington l‘[zrald. opping the Question Appetite, Serious Complication Seem Long. see some professor ha ; if vou want to live rimnk sour milk. Who Gets Them? Who sets the wi [} So Thoushtful Come A Bai Blunder. Too Loud May Bohemian y Is 1t Yours? I‘s This time," _ she cook is going to leave hauling her trun}; this 11 Ded W ‘re «lightly acquainted. In rt of distant relation. She wife of my secon} wife‘s *â€"Chicago Tribune. selt i ies **" shouted a n timore â€" American AYs 18 ak~~ These â€" American abroad are so careless, kers Statesman. () pets the a way d you can tell us, Casey te Sox gits some, an From the May Bohem. L4 lond oi musi onovraph or ‘irlv" said TO., g but indulze in ount is attentive to ome roses she saw in they _ were passing ad some sent up to ut there‘s nothing He does all _ his languages, despise hin nade man ret that a â€"1 can‘t tell you who he what he is. He is the The engagement of Uow CHfect day? I thought I was Me ‘ell, don‘t vou our own feedâ€" nnd . seem â€" Statesm: ti n0 is that dnsignifiâ€" man standing near the D Indeed ! ES rendort how Stand vou o she seryâ€" Pa got a id tImuFit i speaking or some tim Phe wicked little from â€" Sunday or pmano th man in th Which noal Â¥ nd ng lie